EAAC Exhibition Fair of “Text-to-9-1-1” Mobile Solutions

March 28-29, 2012

Technology Experience Center, 445 12th St., SW. Washington, D.C.

On March 28 and 29, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission’s
(Commission) Emergency Access Advisory Committee (EAAC) sponsored an
Exhibition Fair of “text-to-9-1-1” mobile solutions in its Technology Experience
Center. The EAAC is an advisory committee required by the Twenty-First Century
Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA). Its purpose is to
determine the most effective and efficient technologies and methods by which to
enable access to Next Generation 911 (NG911) emergency services by individuals
with disabilities.

One of the EAAC’s recommendations covers “text-to-911” mobile solutions that
can be rapidly deployed to provide nationwide access to 9-1-1 services to people
with disabilities during the transition to NG911. To further this objective, the
EAAC sponsored an opportunity for the public to view exhibits and/or
demonstrations of existing and potential text-to-911 technologies and
applications. The exhibits were displayed in the Commission’s Technology
Experience Center, located at the Commission’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.